The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 824 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2- ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ مِنَّا يَشْتَرِي مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ مِنْ إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ وَغَنَمِ الصَّدَقَةِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَأْخُذُونَ مِنْهُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا الإبِلُ وَالْغَنَمُ إِلا مِثْلَ الْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ لا بَأْسَ بِهِ حَتَّى تَعْرِفَ الْحَرَامَ بِعَيْنِهِ قِيلَ لَهُ فَمَا تَرَى فِي مُصَدِّقٍ يَجِيئُنَا فَيَأْخُذُ صَدَقَاتِ أَغْنَامِنَا فَنَقُولُ بِعْنَاهَا فَيَبِيعُنَاهَا فَمَا تَرَى فِي شِرَائِهَا مِنْهُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ أَخَذَهَا وَعَزَلَهَا فَلا بَأْسَ قِيلَ لَهُ فَمَا تَرَى فِي الْحِنْطَةِ وَالشَّعِيرِ يَجِيئُنَا الْقَاسِمُ فَيَقْسِمُ لَنَا حَظَّنَا وَيَأْخُذُ حَظَّهُ فَيَعْزِلُهُ بِكَيْلٍ فَمَا تَرَى فِي شِرَاءِ ذَلِكَ الطَّعَامِ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ قَبَضَهُ بِكَيْلٍ وَأَنْتُمْ حُضُورُ ذَلِكَ الْكَيْلِ فَلا بَأْسَ بِشِرَاهُ مِنْهُ بِغَيْرِ كَيْلٍ.

2. Ibn Mahbub has narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from abu ‘Ubayd who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far , about the case of one of our men who bought from the sultan of the camels of charity and sheep of charity and he knew that they took more than what is rightly due on them. He (the Imam) said, ‘Camels and sheep are just like wheat and barley and other goods. It is not unlawful unless he recognizes the very substance of what is unlawful.’ It was asked, ‘What do you say about the charity collectors who come to us, collect the charity from our sheep, then we ask them to sell them to us and they sell them? What do you say about buying from them? He (the Imam) said, ‘If he has taken them away, then it is not unlawful.’ It was asked, ‘What do you say about wheat and barley which the charity collector takes from us with his measurement and keeps it to one side: if we buy such foodstuff from him?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If he has taken possession with a certain measurement, then it is not unlawful to buy from him without measuring.”

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